Problems with NVIDIA's cannon released today (with video)
A total of three GeForce GTX 590s have died on the test bench of TechPowerUp and SweClockers, but the source of the problem is found in the driver.
Az NVIDIA today launched its GeForce GTX 590 dual-processor video card. The novelty has detailed specifications alreadypublished, however, we would now turn to the card 's power requirements again. The hunger for graphics processors was met with two eight-pin PCI-E power connectors, which reached the card's maximum power consumption, sometimes exceeding 365 watts.
After two "executions" of two GeForce GTX 590s, the SweClockers test lab concluded that the Geforce 267.52 driver did not provide adequate protection in the event of an overdrive. The first card was an early specimen that "capitulated" immediately after the tension. The second dead card was already the result of a conscious sacrifice.
TechpowerUP! also a computer site. The testers here rendered the card inoperable after a vigorous voltage increase (1,2 V) with the NVIDIA Power limiter turned on, which was certainly an unpleasant surprise. The editors, of course, contacted NVIDIA officials after the incident. The company claims this cannot happen because the NVIDIA Power Limiter feature of the drive for testers (this was used) provides protection during every application.
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Given the above facts, the following suggestions are worth following if we don’t want to be eternal video card send the new cannon to the fields:
- Avoid the Geforce 267.52 drive, instead of latest stable driver we use.
- Don’t raise the graphics processor voltage, or at least not to the same level as TechpowerUP! did.
